- I don't know. Nobody knows with Dylan.
He lives in California now but his mother lives around here and
he still has relatives in town so, yeah, he comes sometimes. Actually,
there's a rumor that maybe next week end, he'll be in town. There's
this big thing about the Centennial of Hibbing and it's starting
next week end and there's a rumor that he'll come.

- I don't know! I don't know too much about
the law, you know? And you, do you think it's boring?

- Sometimes... yeah...

- And what will you do after you'll finished
university?

- I don't know... maybe travelling for one
year or two...

- Where would you like to travel?

- Europe!

- Why Europe?

- 'Cause I've never been there...

- Have you been in Africa?

- No.

- Australia? Japan?

- No...

- So why Europe?

- I don't know... 'Cause I wanna see Paris,
Rome, Berlin... London... Have you been in Europe yourself?

- Yeah... Once...

- So? How is it?

- Well, there's good people and there's
bad people. Like anywhere else... And they have McDonald's as
well...

- This big yellow M?

- Yeah! ... I have to tell you the truth:
I knew McDonald's before I came here...

- Really?

- Yeah... really...

- And where have you been in Europe? , continua-t-elle.

- I spent a few months in London.

- What were you doing in London?

- Nothing special. Just having good times
with some good friends...

- But how were you living? Were you working?

- Sometimes, yeah, in a restaurant...

- And where do you live now?

- Well, until last Friday, I was living
in my hometown, Québec City, with a good friend of mine...

- What do you mean: I was living? ... You
won't go back?

- I had some ghosts running after me...
I needed a break...

- I see... And what's her name? , demanda-t-elle
tout de go.

L'atmosphère était à
nouveau détendu.

- It doesn't matter... you won't be able
to pronounce her name anyway...

- Come on...

- Rita Toulouse, répondis-je finalement.

- What?

- Rita Toulouse!

- Rita Toulouse? , tenta-t-elle de prononcer.

- Yes, Rita Toulouse!

- What does it mean? , demanda-t-elle.

- Rita Toulouse? Nothing. It's just a name.

- Really?

- Really!

- And what happened?

- Oh, ita sad story. I walked into
the room with my pencil in my hand and I saw somebody naked. I
said: Whos that man! I tried so hard but I didnt understand
what I would say when I get home, cause something was happening,
its just I didnt know what it was.

- So, a woman broke your heart down there
in your so loved hometown... You want another beer?

- Everything. I worked in a fast-food restaurant,
making hot dogs. I worked in a movie theatre - I was projectionist
- X rated movies... I wrote for a newspaper about music... about
Dylan once. Maybe I should write a book about him. A lot of people
did...

- Oh! , really? The funniest thing about
the United States of America is that, anywhere you go, there's
always the biggest this, the largest that... "The highest
point East of the Mississippi River"... "The Eastern
point of the United States of America"... And here, it's
"The largest open pit mine in the world"... Isn't it
amazing? And did you know that, in Québec City, we have
the narrowest house in North America?